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February 4, 2011 Doug's Van

I named the my mountain diner in memory of my son, Doug's Diner. Doug was very ambitious and I'm sure he would have catered meals to the hungry railroad workers. I decided to give him a van to make his deliveries.

Doug was very friendly and gave a friendly wave to everyone.

Doug always had the young ladies following him like the one in the convertible behind him.

I had problems making the decals for the van. I had purchased a Testors Decal Kit specificity for their Decal Bonder. The photo below is the results of using the Testors Decal Bonder on decal paper printed on my HP Photosmart 7900 Ink-Jet printer.

I let the ink dry 8 hours before applying a very light coat of the Testors Decal Bonder then waiting overnight before applying a second light coat. I printed 8 of the decals on the half decal sheet and this was the best of the 8.

I have been using Krylon for years without a major problem with bleeding. The picture below shows the difference using Krylon.

There is a very small amount bleeding using Clear Gloss Krylon. The Testors Decal Kit came with Decal Making software that isn't worth the price of a blank CD and 5 sheets of half page decal paper for $9.95. I guess I wasted $10 plus S&H. Also a 12 ounce can of Krylon costs the same as a 3 ounce can of Testors Decal Bonder.

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My First HO Locomotive

Way back in the fall of 1952 I bought my first HO Locomotive, it was a MDC/Model Roundhouse 0-6-0 Switch Engine Kit, I still have it and it is still in prefect condition. It cost $6.85 back then, I used my Newspaper Route money to purchase it from H&H Hobby Shop in El Paso Texas.

My Greatest Railroad Treasure

It's a Fawcett Book Number 133, it cost 45¢ in 1951. That was a lot of money in 1951, a 24 bottle case of Cokes was 65¢ back then. There is an article starting on page 28 on John Allen's railroad, there is only 4 pages on his layout but I was hooked on HO scale from that day on.

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